Hey Brah, thanks for the Southern / Country Rock fest; I really enjoyed those tracks. It's funny how devisive country music can be - a lot of people I know say they don't like it, but then when you play or mention some tracks to them they go "Oh, I like
that stuff, I just hate country music."
I guess part of the problem is the 'sh!t-kicker' image, kind of epitomised by that scene in the Blues Brothers when they're in Bob's Country Bunker and the lady says "Oh, we like
both kinds of music here..." (Country
and Western).
I think you'd enjoy that BBC documentary on Southern rock. It's disappeared from iPlayer, but I found it on YT:
Sweet Home Alabama - The Southern Rock Saga
And here's some more music back at ya...
My favourite Poco track:
Rose of Cimarron. Love the orchestral arrangement on that.
New Riders of the Purple Sage - On My Way Back Home. A bit wimpy maybe (although I do like the peddle steel work), but it always gives me goosebumps as it was used in the 70s as the closedown track for a certain offshore radio station that I listened to (a lot). (And still do for that matter).
Something a little more up to date:
Indigo Girls - Little Perennials. We saw them when they came to Singapore a couple of years ago but they didn't play that one unfortunately. Still a good show though IMO.
Dixie Chicks - Not Ready To Make Nice. I expect you know the story about this one, basically it's all about
the sh!t-storm they got into for daring to question 'W' and Cheney's bigotry and their hare-brained Iraq war.
Last but not least, my favourite Steve Earle track:
Copperhead Road
BTW, I agree that the original version of Ramblin' Man is the best; I just threw in the live version for a bit of variety.
BTW2, isn't that Jackson Browne playing with the Eagles on Midnight Flyer? I know he was very close to the band in terms of song-writing, etc.
